38 NAVY NEWS, MARCH 2011


Regatta entries welcomed


ENTRIES are now being accepted for this year’s Royalist Regatta, a two-day team-building event in late spring. The regatta offers the chance to forge a strong team in a ‘highly- competitive environment’ while raising funds for the Sea Cadets. There are a number of packages available, from full yacht sponsorship, including practice, races,


champagne reception, black-tie dinner and other meals, down to a dinner ticket only, covering the champagne reception and dinner. Experienced sailors and novices are both welcome, though each yacht crew must include at least two qualified/experienced members. Organisers can help teams find


experienced crew, and for those who would like to support the event but cannot rustle up a crew, there are opportunities to sponsor a Sea Cadet boat. Registration for the regatta takes place on Tuesday May 17 on board TS Royalist, the Sea Cadets’ square-rigged training ship which gives the event its name and which acts as hospitality boat for the two days. That is followed by the handover of the Sunsail F40 yachts and optional practice sessions and races from midday.


dinner, on board HMS Warrior, rounds off the first day. Wednesday May 18 starts with a


hearty breakfast and briefing from race officials, then a minimum of four races will be held in the Solent, during which a packed lunch and refreshments will be supplied for each yacht. Prize-giving and an afternoon reception and buffet round off the event. To register your interest contact


the Events Officer at events@ ms-sc.org or call: 0207 654 7016.


Cadets are on Facebook


SEA Cadets has embraced the information superhighway and can now be found at facebook. com/seacadetsuk and @ seacadetsuk


last year, the fan base has grown to just under 2,000 but we have a way to go yet, with 14,000 cadets in the Corps,” said Samantha Shaw, Head of Communications and Media at MSSC, the parent body of the Sea Cadets. “We’ve had a great response from cadets who like the page, and it means we can talk more directly with them and find out what interests them, what they are up to and generally just have a conversation with them. “It also means we can flash


you!”


Nose Day and the launch of our new offshore poster brochure. “We have also launched a page, facebook.com/ seacadetsalumni, for all those ex-cadets to stay in touch. “We would love to hear from


important messages out quickly, and take a more light-hearted approach – for example, Sea Cadets’


involvement with Red “Since setting up the page late The champagne reception and


Quiz night attracts a big crowd


CATERHAM unit held its first fun quiz night – and was almost the victim of its own success. The Main Deck at TS Zephyr


was bursting at the seams with more than 60 people in 16 teams testing their brown power. Unit chairman Tony Skilbeck acted as quizmaster, and the overall winners were the


Quizzicals –


Danny and Daddy Rastelli’s team – which scored 105 out of 120. All the participants enjoyed a baked potato supper with ice cream to follow. The unit owes a big debt of thanks to Andrea, Brenda and Jo for masterminding and preparing the food, and also to cadets Liam Harrower, Harry Castle, Alfie and Sam Piper who, as well as taking part in the quiz, helped with setting it out and packing everything away afterwards. The evening raised around £450 for unit funds, with almost £100 from the raffle. Meanwhile, plans to launch a


● MORE than 90 cadets and staff left the Weston-super-Mare headquarters of TS Weston at 5.30am on a freezing cold day to help welcome home their affi liated ship. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset had been deployed to the Gulf for six months, and though the temperature may have been well down the welcome was warm – not only did TS Weston provide a band and guard of honour, but there was also a Royal Marines band and an escort up-river by patrol boat HMS Raider. The cadets played once to entertain families and friends on the jetty, and once again when the ship went alongside and her sailors disembarked. Later in the morning the group from Weston-super-Mare was invited on board and given a tour of the ship, which also allowed them to thaw out...


CITY of London Sea Cadets wore their red noses with pride for a Red Nose Day 2011 photo shoot at their


headquarters on board HMS Belfast. The Sea Cadets Corps is teaming up with Comic Relief for this year’s Red Nose Day, Friday March 18.


By raising cash this Red Nose Day cadets can help the charity in its avowed aim to change lives forever.


This is because Comic Relief spends all the money raised by the public to give extremely vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa a helping hand to turn their lives around. The Red Nose Day team is working with


Red noses and dark blue suits


● Warsash unit’s Marine Engineering 3rd Class course under way at the Warsash Maritime Academy engineering workshop


Warsash runs fi rst engineering course


one at www.rednoseday.com/ youthgroups To find out more about Sea Cadets teaming up with Comic Relief visit www.sea-cadets. org/comicrelief.aspx Units have been getting involved in Comic Relief, and other major fundraising initiatives such as Children in Need, for years, but this is the first time a formal link has been created.


youth groups up and down the country, and is challenging every Sea Cadet unit to get involved. To help you come up with some fun-filled fundraising ideas there is a fundraising activity kit designed specifically for young people, packed full of ideas to help you raise loads of cash. You can get your hands on


WARSASH unit has run its first Marine Engineering 3rd Class course, thanks to the facilities available just outside the door of their headquarters. Seven cadets attended the course from their HQ in the Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA), at the mouth of the Hamble River near Fareham, in Hampshire.


St Helens claims trophy


THE Royal Marine Cadets Detachment at St Helens unit has been awarded the SRMO’s Trophy in recognition of their improvement over the past year. The trophy, competed for by all detachments in the country, was presented to the unit by Lt Col John Davies RM, the Area Officer for the North West (see right). On presenting the award, Lt Col


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Davies congratulated the young men and women in the detachment, as well as the volunteers. “The Royal Marine Cadet Detachment here at St Helens is a credit to themselves and the wider Sea Cadet Corps,” he said. “There was considerable competition for this trophy from across the country, and I am delighted that it has been won by a detachment from the North West for a second year running.


“My congratulations to the cadets


involved, and to all the staff who put in so much effort that has led to this success.


“They should be very proud.” The cadets spent the weekend


learning health and safety matters, basic engine construction, mechanical systems and electrical theory, based at the impressive WMA engineering workshop. Completing the course means the cadets have taken their first step to the BTEC First Diploma in Engineering (Maintenance) that can be completed within the Sea Cadets Corps. The seven cadets on the


course passed written and oral assessments conducted by an independent examiner from another Sea Cadet unit. They are now waiting to be presented with their certificates and specialisation badges. The unit is now stepping up its fundraising efforts by helping in the community. Most recently,


cadets have


been assisting shoppers with bag- packing in the Iceland supermarket in Fareham.


The aim is to raise funds for unit


growth, including the acquisition of a new base of operations. The cadets came out in force from the unit at Warsash over three weekends in December, and managed to raise £1,324 – but they know there is still a long way to go.


More fundraising events have been planned by cadets for 2011, and they hope to raise a substantial sum to ensure the expansion of their facilities so that they can continue to offer great facilities to the young people of Fareham and the surrounding areas.


Royal Marine Cadet detachment at Caterham have been delayed because of a number of staff changes at the unit – though work on the new section is continuing. CI Ash Frost has been working hard on his climbing skills in order to qualify as a climbing instructor later this year, and the unit is now almost ready to start recruiting.


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